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BLAR11033 Building Materials 1
Building Materials 1
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General Information

Overview

This unit will develop your knowledge on the properties of building materials. You will also examine testing (both destructive and non-destructive) of timber, concrete, and metals in relation to: Timber - grading, strength tests, durability and protection of timber products; Concrete - tests on aggregates, fresh and hardened concrete properties, durability studies and test methods, and concrete protection; and Metal - ferrous and non-ferrous metal and its alloys, corrosion of metals and protection, and strength properties tests. This unit also develops your understanding of: Protection from corrosion and destruction; Identifying the suitable grade material for the site conditions; and Relevant Australian and international Standards. You will be provided with an introduction to: the development and application of materials from industry by-products and re-cycling of materials and life-cycle analysis of materials.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 13 January 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Students

Feedback

The MS Team provided quick access to the lecturer and allowed students to discuss matters together.

Recommendation

The MS Team will continue to be actively used. Many students are increasingly using MS Teams at work, which has become a transferable skill in teaching.

Feedback from Student

Feedback

Teams could be utilised for the whole course and links through to Moodle as required

Recommendation

Moodle must remain the core system, but the team is increasingly used in support functions and engagement improvement.

Feedback from Student

Feedback

The quality of the pre-recorded lectures could be improved.

Recommendation

Lectures are to be reviewed and renewed. They do not simply read from textbooks but expand on the core issues and ideas.

Feedback from Student

Feedback

Thanks to the lecturer for their help and feedback, which ensured that the tutorials were an essential source of information and understanding.

Recommendation

All students have direct, quick access to the lecturer via the MS Team, and they remain the focus of the unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 17 February 2025
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